Reflections: O Holy Night: Inspirational Words & Music

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1Joy to the World
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Peter Knight3:04
2Away in a Manger
recording of:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Carl Mueller and James Ramsey Murray (in 1885)
The Fireside Singers2:34
3O Little Town of Bethlehem
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
Jean Allister, John McCarthy Chorus, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Knight4:21
4Angels We Have Heard on High
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
James Chadwick (bishop) (in 1862)
version of:
Les Anges dans nos campagnes
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Peter Knight4:17
5We Three Kings of Orient Are
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
Peter Knight and His Orchestra3:37
6Luke 1:26–33 and 37 (“The Angel Gabriel was sent by God…”)
The Pegasus Players1:23
7Hallelujah Chorus
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, John Pritchard4:22
8Carol of the Bells
recording of:
Carol of the Bells
lyricist:
Peter J. Wilhousky (in 1936)
arranger:
Микола Дмитрович Леонтович (Mykola Leontovych) (in 1916)
is based on:
Щедрик (The Little Swallow)
The Westminster Brass Ensemble5:44
9It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Peter Knight2:35
10O Tannenbaum
recording of:
O Christmas Tree (English version of German "O Tannenbaum")
lyricist:
Ernst Anschütz (in 1824)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
The Ambrosian Singers1:48
11Go Tell It on the Mountain
recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
lyricist:
John Wesley Work (John Wesley Work, Jr.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
The Fireside Singers3:14
12Luke 2:1–14 (“And it came to pass in those days…”)
Gary Theroux1:59
13Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
John McCarthy Chorale, Peter Knight and His Orchestra3:25
14O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
arrangement of:
O holy night (arr. John Ebenezer West)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Richard Lewis, John McCarthy Chorus, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Knight2:51
15God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
The Fireside Singers2:06
16The First Noël
recording of:
The First Noël
publisher:
William B. Sandys (in 1823, in 1833)
additional lyricist:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional arranger:
John Stainer (in 1871)
arranger:
Davies Gilbert (in 1823)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 musical film soundtrack)
The Ambrosian Singers3:51
17Here We Come A‐Caroling (The Wassail Song)
recording of:
Here We Come A-wassailing
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1850)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
The Fireside Singers2:01
18The Man and the Birds
recording of:
The Man and the Birds (a Christmas story most notably narrated by radio broadcaster Paul Harvey)
writer:
Paul Harvey (American radio broadcaster)
Paul Harvey5:13
19O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles) (arr. Don Gillis)
composer:
John Reading (composer & organist, c. 1645–1692) and John Francis Wade
arranger:
Don Gillis (conductor)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Peter Knight2:01
20Silent Night
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
The Ambrosian Singers3:18

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